Tuesday, April 5, 2016

[Foodie for a Year - link up #2] - Strawberry Cream Cheese Pastries

Breakfast is my favorite type of food - so many options! Pancakes and omelettes and muffins oh my. All sorts of tasty things to eat, make, try. Bonus, it rarely involves the touching of raw chicken. One of my least favorite things ever. I tried several recipes for this Foodie for a Year's brunch category before deciding on sharing this pastry recipe. It's easy enough to make but also something you might not have very often. Simple and fun, a winning combination. Aria ate four of them, so it's safe to say she was a fan.

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Strawberry Cream Cheese Pastries

by Courtney April-5-2016

Easy strawberry cream cheese pastries made with frozen puff pastry.

Ingredients

1 Frozen Puff Pastry Sheet

4 oz cream cheese

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 tablespoon heavy cream

6 teaspoons strawberry fruit spread

1 egg

1 tablespoon water

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1 tablespoon water

1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Let your frozen puff pastry sheet thaw for about 15 minutes, until you can unwrap it easily.2. Preheat oven to 400. Place parchment paper on a cookie sheet.3. Cream together the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla extract, and heavy cream.4. Cut puff pastry into 12 rectangles. Place each on the prepared cookie sheet.5. Score the edges of each rectangle without cutting all the way through.6. Place a teaspoon of cream cheese mixture in the center of each rectangle.7. Top the cream cheese with half a teaspoon of strawberry fruit spread and then swirl a bit.8. Make an egg wash with the egg and 1 tablespoon of water. Brush the edge of each rectangle.9. Bake for 13 minutes or until golden brown.10. Let cool.11. Stir the powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon of water, and 1/8 tsp vanilla extract together to make a glaze.12. Transfer to a plastic baggie and snip the corner off.13. Drizzle the glaze over the cooled pastries.

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Those look really good! Can't go wrong with anything cream cheese related. Oh, and I am right there with you on raw chicken. I'm just not a fan of touching raw meat in general, so Scott usually does that :)